Happy Birthday Ralerin

[Mytical]

As the title says. Happy Birthday.

[XCashier]

[AccountingDrone]

[Marmalady]

Happy birthday Ralerin!

[ralerin]

Thanks guys; but It hasn't been a happy one.

I asked for a non-chocolate birthday cake. Dad picked up the first cake he saw; a baby announcement cake for a baby boy.

"But it has balloons!"

"And blue ribbon, and blue icing."

"But you like balloons for birthdays!"

That would be comically tragic were it not that my older brother would not shut his fucking mouth about it.

"Teehee ralerin is pregnant with a boy! Or is it twins? Is there something you're not telling me? Is that the reason why you want to Florida to see (Boyfriend) this winter, a shotgun wedding? Teeheehee!"

For Older Brother's birthday in May, I went to his favorite clothing store ("National Hawk") and bout him a very generous $20 gift card. What did I get from him?

A 99 cent birthday card.

His excuse?

"I'm broke and I have my new Avon business to start up. But don't worry because I'll get you something Friday."

Yeah. Fucking. Right.

Oh. And my dad. I have posted about him here several times. He said something extremely cruel, though it doesn't come close to the note he tucked into my card one year. *

He said "I wish you from the bottom of my heart that you have the person that you're dating with you; because right now you're acting like a woman whose boyfriend is in jail."

Cue me throwing myself on my bed and crying. We've been together nearly 7 years, Boyfriend and I, on a long distance relationship. It sucks every day that I can't be with him. Long enough for Dad to know his name; but he chooses not to call Boyfriend by his name. Just "person (or thing) that you date."

The good: Mum gave me a very nice card and tucked a generous sum of money into it, and Best Friend gave me a pair of noise canceling headphones that I wanted for a while. So it's not a total wash; but it is mostly a wash.

*About 7 years or so ago, when I just started dating Boyfriend, there was a man named Neil Entwhistle who was a British immigrant and had married a woman in my state. He murdered his wife and took off back to the UK. There was a massive manhunt and Entwhistle was caught and hauled back to the States and is currently rotting in jail. Boyfriend is British. Dad wrote me a one page letter and put it into my card (can't remember if it was birthday or Christmas) comparing Boyfriend to this murderer and saying that I will end up murdered in a ditch if I continue to date Boyfriend against Dad's will. I still have it. I must scan in that letter and show you guys.

[Lyse]

Happy Birthday!!! Where's the cake?!?!

[Lyse]

Well, that was bad timing. Hugs?

[ralerin]

The cake was delicious, but disappointing. At least it wasn't a lie.

[Lyse]

All cake is a lie. A delicious, delicious lie!!

[tropicsgoddess]

Happy Birthday! Sucks what happened, but here's a few boozy drinks (white Russians) to make it better.

[ralerin]

Something that made yesterday a little more worthwhile-I received my first paycheck from my new stay at home job.

They tucked an extra $100 in.

Expensive Tom Bihn swag that I wanted for a while and can now afford, here I come...!

[dragon_wings]

Happy belated birthday. And yay for extra unexpected monies!

Eta: dammit. I've been trying to find a messenger bag for a while and the large cafe messenger bag is taunting me.

[ralerin]

That's the one I want, too, in black/wasabi. Plus the largest organizer pouch, it will comfortably hold an iPad in the company's protective case, a Cache.

And I want so much other stuff. COLLECT ALL THE BAGS!